Chef John Besh invites us into his home and shows us how we can put
good,
fresh, healthy food on the table for our families every day.

In
MY FAMILY TABLE,
the Iron Chef champion makes a case for the importance of home-cooked
meals. "If I can help make a difference by cooking simply and sharing
what I love to cook, I can possibly help us all use our passions and
skills to make our lives better at almost every meal."

From
organizing your kitchen and stocking your pantry to demystifying fish
cookery, John Besh shares his favorite recipes he cooks with his family
every day. Master recipes Risotto of Almost Anything and Creamy Any
Vegetable Soup show you how to make the food without worrying about
having the right ingredients or mastering complicated techniques. Filled
with mouthwatering photographs of each recipe as well as showing John
in his kitchen with his wife and four sons, MY FAMILY TABLE captures the spontaneity, intimacy, and fun of home-cooking and will inspire the nation back to the family table.

As a special treat, Chef Besh will treat us to a tasting of his Italian Wedding Soup from the new cookbook.

John Besh is a chef and a native son dedicated to the culinary riches
of southern Louisiana. In his restaurants, entrepreneurial pursuits, and
public activities, he preserves and promotes ingredients, techniques,
and heritage one mouthwatering dish at a time.

Besh grew up in
southern Louisiana and has set the benchmark for fine dining in New
Orleans. Each of his eight acclaimed restaurants (August, Besh Steak,
Luke, La Provence, American Sector, The Soda Shop, Domenica and Luke San
Antonio) celebrates the bounty and traditions of the region.

From the outset of his career, Besh's talent and drive have earned kudos: Food and Wine magazine named him one of the "Top 10 Best New Chefs in America," and his flagship restaurant, August, was featured in Gourmet
magazine's "Guide to America's Best Restaurants" and "America's Top 50
Restaurants." Besh won the James Beard Award for Best Chef of the
Southeast in 2006 and received Food Arts' Silver Spoon Award in 2009 for
revitalizing the culinary legacy of New Orleans.

Besh's devotion
to local ingredients and cuisine also extends to his entrepreneurial
projects, including the creation of Besh Restaurant Group Catering; a
line of gourmet products; the publication of his first cookbook, My New Orleans.

Besh is a frequent guest chef on NBC's Today Show and has appeared on top programs on The Food Network and the Sundance Channel.

My Family Table is rooted in the American kitchen, reconnecting folks with 130 recipes for roasting, braising, frying, baking and all the other easy skills take-out readers have forgotten or never learned.